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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2017
Illinois Tool Works, Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Nicola Lanza, Chioggia, IT;
Chiara DeMassari, Costermano, IT;
Francesco Gambato, San Giorgio in Bosco, IT;
Michele Sclocchi, San Donato Milanese, IT;
Andrea Baccara, Chicago, IL (US);
Benoît Flipot, La Bazouge des Alleux, FR;
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC., Glenview, IL (US);
Abstract
A microwave heating device includes radiating portions that are adapted to radiate microwaves to the heating chamber and is operated according to operational configurations that differ in frequency and/or in phase shift. A learning procedure is executed in relation with a product positioned in the heating chamber. The learning procedure is executed by changing frequency and phase shift(s) to sequentially operate the radiating portions in a plurality of operational configurations, in such a way that, for each frequency, the radiating portions are operated in a number of operational configurations that differ in phase shift. An energy efficiency is calculated for each of the operational configurations and the obtained data are saved. A heating procedure is executed after the learning procedure. In the heating procedure, the radiating portions are operated according to at least one operational configuration that is selected on the basis of the data obtained in the learning procedure.